FRED THOMPSON is the best person to lead this country. He is a true conservative and has been his entire life. All one has to do is check his record to see this.
During my time in the Army as an Intelligence Analyst, I served under both Presidents Carter and Reagan (as my commanders in chief). Without argument, President Reagan was the best commander-in-chief a military person could ever have served under. Fred Thompson possesses the same qualities and vision as President Reagan in that he is strong on national defense and sees a dire need to secure our borders and control immigration.
I can think of no better person to lead this country and fix the problems we have. He is the only candidate from either party who has specific and detailed plans on border security and immigration reform; revitalization of America’s armed forces; saving and protecting Social Security; and tax relief and economic growth. These are detailed on his Web site at www.fred08.com . I challenge you to find any other candidate who has laid out specific plans to fix anything.
Fred Thompson has published his first principles, some of which are mentioned above. In addition to those, he strongly believes in individual liberty, personal responsibility, limited government, federalism, traditional American values, the rule of law and is a strong proponent of the Second Amendment — all concepts established during the birth of our country and documented in our Constitution.
Again, try to find any candidate who has laid out their plans to “fix” this country. You will find they all speak in vague and abstract terms on their plans.
For those who have heard Fred Thompson speak, you will usually hear him say that the Fred Thompson you see today is the same Fred Thompson you saw yesterday and is the same Fred Thompson you will see tomorrow. He stands by his principles and values and doesn’t shift his positions based on polls or public opinion; in other words, he doesn’t say what the voters want to hear just to get elected, but remains steadfast on his views and convictions.
During his time in the Senate he focused on three areas: to lower taxes, strengthen national security and expose waste in the federal government. Fred Thompson has foreign policy experience, having served as member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Senate Intelligence committees.
As chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, he opened the investigation in 1997 on the Chinese government’s attempt to influence American policies and elections, and this investigation identified connections with the Clinton administration (documented in the committee’s report).
As a member of the Finance Committee, he worked tirelessly to enact three major tax-cut bills. Fred Thompson remains steadfast and even though a person may not agree with all his views and he understands some may disagree with him, you can count on him to be consistent and unwavering.
Don’t be fooled by his laid back approach and what critics call his “laziness.” As a former assistant U.S. attorney, he earned a reputation as a tough prosecutor and he possesses the toughness this country needs in order to tackle today’s and tomorrow’s issues.
I ask that you take a hard look at what this country needs, then take a hard look at all the other candidates’ views, policies, their records and their track record on consistency. Fred Thompson possesses integrity, loyalty, commitment, energy and decisiveness, all traits of an effective leader, and will emerge as the best person to take this country boldly forward.
As a foreigner the only ones in the whole race that I could understand and see as good for bot America and us here in the rest of the West are Rudy and Fred. And Fred more so as he is both a fiscal conservative, law & order conservative and although most of my countrymen wouldn´t understand it, it is a good thing he is also a social conservative.
And the main thing is, he will make the US and thus us who support good strong.
Huckabee on the other hand will lead the US down the path of Europe, and I can say that because listening to him speak (although with a good voice that sometimes when you are not paying too close attention to what he says, except maybe in theological issues, makes you feel at ease) reminds me of all the Christian Democratic politicians in the various European countries that behaved just like the socialists/social democrats that wanted to do their good deeds (like Hillary´s gifts in the new Ad) through the government. Thus they undermined the very moral foundation of their faith and thus created the post-christian situation in Europe.
I agree more with Thompson than any other candidate. Unfortunately, leadership qualities are of utmost importance. During the above-mentioned hearings, Fred allowed himself to be completely rolled by Sen John Glenn (who sold out his country for another ride in space) and the Dem's lawyer, who may have been Richard Ben Venista IIRC. Thompson was the chairman, but did not have control. It was infuriating how often he was outwitted. Clinton's anti-American-interest behavior re the Chicoms should have been exposed to the world.
I can see Rudy or Romney standing up to offensive and lying dems or heads of state, but not Thompson. We simply do not have one candidate who has all the qualities we want in a President. Hopefully, we do not keep having infighting for so long that a 'rat gets into the White House.
As chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, he opened the investigation in 1997 on the Chinese government’s attempt to influence American policies and elections, and this investigation identified connections with the Clinton administration (documented in the committee’s report).
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And after his committee had identified connections with the Clinton admin, it turned into a big “oh, well” as John Glenn, the ranking member for the dems, talked rings around Fred. It was excruciatingly painful to watch day after day. I have no confidence in his ability to stand up to dems, nevermind foreign enemies.